Month: April 2024

Mastercard

Yesterday marked a monumental milestone as we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Girls4Tech at the NYSE. With over 7 million girls empowered across 65 countries to date, Girls4Tech continues to redefine the landscape of STEM education.

Witnessing Susan Warner, Michael Miebach, Zainab Ibrahim, and our inspiring young participants ring the closing bell reaffirmed the transformative power of empowering girls worldwide with knowledge and opportunities.

About Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Originally published by Mastercard

Follow along Mastercard’s journey to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere.

Originally published by Waste 360

As Vanguard Renewables marks its tenth year in the anaerobic digestion business, it has grown from a few sites in New England to 32 digesters operating across eight states, with plenty more in the pipeline for the near future.

Vanguard’s birth was spurred by the convergence of two policies in Massachusetts: a ban on the landfilling of food waste and a net metering law that incentivized biogas projects. The company landed a few deals to build, own, and operate anaerobic digesters in that state to make electricity from food waste, with a little manure mixed in to enhance the biological process.

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By Megan Clark

When Senior Training Specialist Jason Skolnick married his wife Mellisa, he vowed to build her anything she could imagine. Little did he know that his promise would have an incredible impact on his family and his local school district — winning him Exelon’s highest achievement for volunteerism and community involvement, the Powering Communities Employee Volunteer Award.

Jason became involved in the Linwood Parent Teacher Organization through his wife, a teacher in the district, and his children. “I’m passionate about this nonprofit because it helps my kids and other kids in the community, and it has given them all a chance to do something outside of the norm,” Jason said.

Mellisa regularly dreams up exciting backdrops for school dances, events like outdoor family movie nights, and ways to improve the school’s book fair, then Jason takes her ideas and brings them to life.

With Jason’s recognition, the Linwood PTO also received a $5,000 grant from Exelon to support its future endeavors within the Atlantic County, New Jersey school district.

The grant will help the PTO with upcoming field trips and events, as well as a permanent storage location for its equipment. “This is a great company,” Jason said. “I thank Exelon for giving us the opportunity to give back to our communities where we live and serve and just make it better.”

In 2022, Jason joined his fellow Atlantic City Electric employees in dedicating more than 10,000 hours (that’s more than 1,250 workdays of volunteerism!) to support 125 events throughout South Jersey. This volunteerism is on top of the approximately $1.2 million Atlantic City Electric contributed to local nonprofits.

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